Betty Berry Neikirk

Marine Scientist Supervisor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, NOAA Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia

Email: betty@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7400

Education:

M.S., 1996, College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Marine Science.
B.S., 1983, Randolph-Macon College, Biology

Research Interests:

My primary research focus over the past number of years at VIMS has been the study of shallow water processes in salt marsh and SAV communities. More recently my main focus has been managing and coordinating the research and monitoring programs at CBNERRVA.

Current Projects:

• SAV Water Quality Survey in the James River
  
• Oyster Larvae Dispersion
  
• Water Quality Modeling in the Lynnhaven River
  
• Enhanced Shallow Water Monitoring in the York, Piankatank and James Rivers
  
• SAV Nearshore Water Quality Survey in the York River
  
• NERRS SAV Biomonitoring
  
• Restoration of SAV Relative to Habitat Quality in the Tidal Freshwater James River
  
• Coastal Advanced Laser Fluorometry Biomonitoring
  

Selected Publications:

Moore, K.A., Anderson, B-A., Neikirk, B.B. (2004). Water quality conditions and SAV restoration in the tidal freshwater James River. HRWTF, Hopewell, FA. VIMS Scientific Report.

Moore, K.A., Neikirk, B.B., Anderson, B-A., (2003). Intensive water quality mapping of nearshore and mid-channel regions of the James River relative to SAV growth and survival using the DATAFLOW suface water quality mapping system. VIMS Scientific Report.

Moore, K.A., Anderson, B-A., Neikirk, B.B. (2002). Restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the tidal freshwater James River: Year 3. Special Report No. 377 in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062.

Moore, K.A., Segerblom, K., Neikirk, B.B., Fishman, J. (2001). Restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the tidal freshwater James River: Year 2. Special Report No. 373 in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062.

Anderson, I.C., Tobias, C.R., Neikirk, B.B., and Wetzel, R.L. (1997). Development of a process-based mass balance model for a Virginia Spartina alterniflora salt marsh: implications for net DIN flux. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 159, 13-27.

Neikirk, B.B., (1996). Exchanges of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon between salt marsh sediments and overlying tidal water. M.S. thesis. School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary.

Rizzo, W.M., Dailey, S.K., Lackey G.J, Christian, R.R., Berry, B.E., and Wetzel, R.L. (1996). A metabolism-based trophic index for comparing the ecological values of shallow water sediment habitats. Estuaries 19(2A): 247-256.